On location coverage of the annual MacWorld expo in Boston. Guests include Jean Louis Gassee and Bob Metcalfe. Companies profiled include Aba Software, Cricket Software, Deneba Software, Microillusions, Silicon Beach, Advent, Claris, Dynaware, Pixelogic, Aldus, Letraset, Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Springboard Software, Aegis, MacroMind, TrueVision, Electronic Arts, SuperMac, and Apple. Originally broadcast in 1988.


This movie is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: macworld; macintosh; apple

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Reviewer: tinkertenor - - April 17, 2009
Subject: MPEG-2 is indeed BROKEN
VLC will play the MPG2 with NO AUDIO, but technically the file is broken and cannot be converted or loaded into any programs. Consistent reports of "corrupt or broken file."

Too bad, so sad.

Reviewer: thesub - - January 5, 2009
Subject: MPEG file corrupt?
It seems MPEG version is corrupt, can anyone confirm?

Reviewer: Arvid Rudling - - January 25, 2006
Subject: Business software-o-rama
This episode scans through a lot of business software from old school mac companies like Cricket, Silicon Beach Software and Macromedia.

The then-new desktop publishing sector gets the most attention, and it's interesting to see how much variety there was in paint- and layout software at the time. Most demoed professional apps are strikingly slow though.

Oh, and there's some hilarious late-80s fashion in there. Random access also features a piece on the upcoming NeXT computer.